Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the timing of dental care in Peruvian children

• Published in: Dental and medical problems Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 37 - 44
• Main Authors: Garcés-Elías, María Claudia, Castillo-López, César Eduardo Del, León-Manco, Roberto Antonio, Agudelo-Suárez, Andrés Alonso
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Poland 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Child; Child, Preschool; COVID-19; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dental Care; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Pandemics; Peru - epidemiology; SARS-CoV-2; Peru; COVID-19; crosssectional studies; dental care for children; health service accessibility; delivery of health care

Due to the high transmissibility of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), governments adopted preventive measures, such as social distancing and obligatory social immobilization, which negatively affected access to health serv...